My Life Next Door: Huntley Fitzpatrick

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I felt like Jase and Samantha's relationship moved too fast, though I did believe there were genuine feelings for each other. I really like how they dealt with sex. It wasn't a split second decision in a hazy moment of lust. Instead, they talked about it and went shopping together for the necessary things, which was nice to read about. From the porch outside her bedroom window, Samantha longingly watches the large and lively family living next door. year old Samantha Reeds spent half her life watching the Garrets next door. They were everything she and her family were not - loud, happy, messy, loving. She wished she would be one of them. This story's pace is slow and steady. Jase and Sam build an instant friendship that leads slowly to young love. But I guess Jase made it up for me big time because he was PERFECT! I have ZERO complains about him.

Sam’s mom was… AGH! I don’t even have words, not to mention her boyfriend and all that happened with the accident

I liked her in the beginning but at the end she became so freaking annoying i had to stop reading, take deep breaths and calm damn before i would set the book on fire (and trust me, i've done it once before). Sam's sister was okay. I hated Sam's mom and her moms young boyfriend, Clay that is helping her on her campaign on becoming a senator. One of my favourite boys in YA contemporary fiction is Étienne St. Clair from Anna and the French Kiss and Jase Garrett from My Life Next Door is now up there with him!

He's [the Obvious Dad] even got Tim's pot plant in with his own plants, giving it Miracle-Gro. What kind of man was young in the eighties and doesn't recognize marijuana?" Life won't give her a break, though. She is surrounded by cheaters, liars, addicts, so it's no wonder she secretly hangs out with the Garrets. EVERYONE around Sam is corrupt, mean and a bad influence but her.

I'm aware that a certain degree of tension must be added in a story, but I'm not sure I loved the specifics of this one. It's not that the turn it took wasn't believable, but I felt my heart just wasn't all-in. While the story didn't necessarily blow me away, it certainly held my interest and warmed my heart.